Government leaves the way wide open
for night flight expansion at Gatwick

Residents living North of Gatwick, from Newdigate, Capel, Leigh, Norwood Hill, Sidlow, Salfords, Outwood and Horley, have come together to form Plane Justice, a collective which seeks to support (whether through communication, discussion, or legal process) those who are, or would be, newly affected by aircraft noise.

Formed in response to changes made to Gatwick departure Route 4 in May 2016, the founders of Plane Justice have experienced on a personal level the stress, anxiety and sense of hopelessness and financial insecurity that changing flight paths causes to communities.

We are about bringing common sense, fact-based thinking and a caring and ethical dimension into decision making about the management of airspace, which in our experience to date has been disturbingly absent in a number of quarters.

And we want to bring that same sense of injustice we have felt to the attention of decision makers, in whatever way may be suited to help affected communities achieve resolution.

Gatwick Route 4 Legacy Pledge

I support Plane Justice in calling on the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to reverse its current position, and return Gatwick departure Route 4 (whether using P-RNAV or conventional navigation) to the geographical position and dispersal pattern it occupied prior to 2013 (where it had kept the peace for decades in all communities north of Gatwick, with negligible complaints about noise).